Chess player fired by Iran over headscarf joins US team

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A woman who was kicked off the Iranian national chess team for attending an international competition without wearing an headscarf has joined the US team, Fox News reported on Tuesday.

The semi-official ISNA news agency reported Monday that Dorsa Derakhshani, who refused to wear the headscarf, known as a hijab, during a February competition in Gibraltar, has joined the US national team.

Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Iran has required women to wear the hijab in public places.